46. OMG that was not a racist remark! When is this stuff going to stop
Racist is not talking about makeup and the color of someone's dark skin....Oprah is dark skinned and guess what she knows it! I am light skinned and I don't get mad
when a makeup specaialist tells me I have light skin!
what is being racist::::a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

Posted at 8:34AM on Apr 15th 2008 by d myla

47. There was an episode of House where Hugh Laurie was trying to pin point a type of ant. He asks one of the doctors "was it Halle Berry brown or Beyonce brown?" I dont recall TMZ running a story calling Hugh Laurie or the network a racist. This story is so weak even black people arent offended by it. It's simply stupid.

Posted at 8:58AM on Apr 15th 2008 by puddingtang

48. I don't see how this is racist. Oprah does have somewhat dark skin.

Posted at 9:00AM on Apr 15th 2008 by Kezia

49. AF/AM here... slow news day guys? Puleeeze.

Posted at 10:03AM on Apr 15th 2008 by anonie1

50. There is nothing "racist" about that comment at all.

Posted at 12:55PM on Apr 15th 2008 by Lola La Pistola

51. That comment was not racist at all... get a life TMZ

Posted at 1:27PM on Apr 15th 2008 by Sabrina

52. Ms. Hutton's comments were not racist........but....

@ #10.
"Black people are so super sensitive no one wants to even mention the color or shade black out loud. Its just become pathetic. No wonder the Black culture is suffering, this time from their own doing. Gangsta, N word, women hating, no snitch, prison culture, have all been endorsed by them and their so called "leaders" remained silent. The way out of the mess is on them, not anyone else.
"
" No wonder the Black culture is suffering....":
"Oh and anyone Black on this gossip site reading this isnt part of that "culture"---you all have computers, internet access, went to school and are probably middle class or supported by one who is. YOu all got yours, and you all dont like that part of your culture either, so get over it and start speaking honestly instead of keeping everyone PC." YOUR SOO OBVIOUSLY A CLOSET RACIST, TRYING TO DISGUISE IT BY SOUNDING LIKE YOUR APPEALING TO SO CALLED MIDDLE CLASS BLACKS WHO YOU FEEL , FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY YOU DO ABOUT WHAT BLACK CULTURE IS OR WHAT IT'S ABOUT. WHITE PEOPLE DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU GO TRYING GENERALIZE ALL BLACK PEOPLE OR BETTER YET GET SOME COMMON SENSE BEFORE YOU POST THESE IGNORANT, SELF RIGHTEOUS, COMMENTS ABOUT AN ENTIRE ETHNIC GROUP!!!

Ok see it's comments like this that make my ass itch! First off DO NOT GENERALIZE ALL BLACK PEOPLE, whatever your hang up or issue or whatever bad or not so great experience you may have had with a BLACK person do not put us all in that negative example,. It's not that BLACK people are "super sensitive" it's just that is this day and time we (meaning BLACK people) would think that White people and any other non-BLACK racial group would know better; in regards to what is acceptable to say about a BLACK people or BLACK culture, in other words if your not sure if you should say it then you probably shouldn't say it!!!! comments like the one Don Imus made about the Rutgers women's basketball team, and Michael Richards aka "Cramer" from Seinfeld comments at his comedy show or Paris and Niki Hilton's comments about being n***as, or Dawg "The Bounty Hunter's" comments and the list goes on and on and on,

And any idiot that thinks that BLACK culture is in any way about "Gangsta, N word, women hating, no snitch, prison culture" as #10.stated is a got damn idiot!!!! There are negative and not so great things that young people celebrate and embrace in any ethnic group that does not mean that, that kind of behavior or thinking is acceptable or tolerated by the majority in that ethnic group, you want to tell me about BLACK culture #10.? Let this non-middle class BLACK women that is still trying to as you put it, get hers, explain a little of what BLACK culture is, it's Civil RIghts, it's BLACK Power Movement, it 's a culture of struggle, and overcoming the worst that has been thrown at you, it 's family, it's taking care of each other BLACK culture is both part of, and distinct from American culture. Africans and African Americans have contributed literature, art, agricultural skills, foods, clothing styles, music, it's an environment, a belief and behavior, a way of life shared by people in a place or time, part of BLACK culture can just be an unspoken bond that's hard to explain, something us BLACK folks just know with just one glance to another BLACK person that familiar look of " I know you know or you feel me", it's communication in silent gesture, it's our treasured Art work, it's our way of Dance it's our Soul Food, it's our Music; JAZZ, R & B, Soul, HIp Hop, it's Humanities,


"African American culture often developed separately from mainstream American culture because of the persistence of racial discrimination in America, as well as African Americans' desire to maintain their own traditions. Consequently, African American culture has become a significant part of American culture and yet, at the same time, remains a distinct cultural body."

Posted at 6:35PM on Apr 15th 2008 by Blaqcurrant

53. Seriously now?? IF someone told me I was Morticia white I would never be offended. Only people with no self esteem would be offended by that comment.

Posted at 7:49PM on Apr 15th 2008 by Kim

54. Lauren Hutton is not a racist. Okay, well I don't know if she's a racist, but she has not made a racist remark.

"Dark" is not a slur, it is a state of being -- there is no positive or negative to it!! Jesus Christ.

You know, some people who don't have access to the wonderful world of department stores have been looking for appropriate shades of makeup for decades and would be perfectly pleased to find something "Oprah dark." If I go into a drugstore in the wrong neighborhood I'm lucky if my choices are "cream" "pale" and "Mediterranean."

This is quite stupid, and dangerously so. This is exactly why our legitimate complaints get ignored. Seriously, TMZ -- don't "help." You're doing it wrong.

Posted at 12:35PM on Apr 16th 2008 by Mac

55. Furthermore -- Why are posters blaming black people and black culture for this stupidness? TMZ said it. In fact, ONE TMZ writer said it. Has TMZ suddenly become a black-owned and run organization, or any kind of spokesperson for the black community? And when was this announcement made, please? How many actual black people have you seen calling this racist, or even caring about it at all? Your blanket assumptions and knee-jerk vitriol say far more about YOUR overgeneralizing, prejudiced mindset than anything about black people (NOT ALL OF WHOM ARE "AFRICAN AMERICAN," THANKS).

Posted at 12:44PM on Apr 16th 2008 by Mac

56. This is much ado about nothing. Nothing funny about the comment and nothing racist. Color comes in different shades and hues or did you not know it?

Posted at 2:03PM on Apr 16th 2008 by carolh

57.
comment #55 Is dead on.

The only negative comments made to this post were made by the racists. Every black person that I know laughed at her comment, never for one moment thinking of it as being racist.

Sensitive, No, opportunity for white racist to spew their hate and ignorance.

Posted at 9:16AM on Apr 18th 2008 by Ann

58. Lauren Hutton...oh yeah...I remember her. I remember watching her as a kid on The Good Day show with Janet Langhart and when asked how she got to "the top" she said "I f***** my way to the top!!" Those were the days of live shows and the station cut the transmission after that. What a pig.

Posted at 10:00AM on May 19th 2008 by kk